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Neil Young: ‘Don’t Say I Didn’t Tell You’ to Go Blu-ray for Archives

Legendary rocker and gearhead Neil Young is prepping to release the first volume of his archives on CD, DVD and Blu-ray on June 2. But if you ask him, Blu-ray is the way to go.

“The sound and picture quality is unparalleled,” Young writes in a preface on the Neil Young Archives‘ official site. “There is also an awesome feature that allows you to connect your player to the internet and receive updates and content that is not already included. In a project of this scope, things are always being discovered.”

Perpetual audiophile Young comes out as a cheerleader for Blu-ray, encouraging music lovers to take the plunge into Sony’s high-def format.

“As time passes, you will see that Blu-ray is what you want for the utmost in quality, variety and versatility,” he says. “It is worth it to get into Blu-ray now. Don’t say I didn’t tell you.”

Young describes this first Blu-ray installment of his continuing Archives series, which spans his early 1963 Winnipeg recordings with The Squires to his seminal 1972 solo effort Harvest and is simply loaded with peripheral goodies, as an “old and funky virtual filing cabinet” with a timeline feature that is constantly updated online for free every time he turns up a new photo, tune or video in the vaults.

“New content is found every day,” he says, and it’s there for the taking if you opt for the Blu-ray version.

The cost of those free content upgrades is likely built into the sticker shock: The Blu-ray edition is $300, while the DVD clocks in at $200 and the CD is $100. Young is sweetening the deal by offering a free preview disc with rare tracks before the street date if you purchase the Blu-ray or DVD sets. But is it a fair price? Let us know in the comments section below.